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Carolyn22 wrote:
The reason I have seen for having a bottom drain removed - and I have only seen this a couple of times, is these people had small fish that were getting stuck in the bottom drains. For this reason I did not put in a bottom drain, plus my husband was very concerned about leaks. I do not have one for this reason, and have no problems with clarity - but I also have large areas of pea gravel heavily planted with a small pump running through my larger bog (the planted areas around my pond are in the pond) - this goes a very long way in keeping my pond clean and my fish healthy.

I have also seen where people have had nothing but problems with fish health until they did put in a bottom drain - Linda, if you are lurking, please tell Tom about your experiences.

In my mind there is no wrong or right way, it is whatever works. I do think that is an excellent deal on the kit - where did you find one so economically priced?